Sneak a poison onto the target's person

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From: Four of Lures: The Reel

An audacious anti-theft – with nothing more than a fish-hook and careful timing, you can plant a slow death in his pocket.

Game Instructions: This will give you progress.

Unlocked with Poisonous Preparation 2

Challenge information

Broad, Watchful 200

• 137 - very chancy (41%)
• 170 - chancy (51%)
• 204 - modest (61%)
• 237 - very modest (71%)
• 270 - low-risk (81%)
• 304 - straightforward (91%)
• 334 - straightforward (100%)
  

Ace of Pages reduces the base difficulty by 20 points.

Each point of The Embalmer's Mark increases the base difficulty by 30 points.

Success

Don't look up

[…] "Failed stink bomb recipe," is all the Page will say – soaked into a handkerchief. […]

[…] the handkerchief descending on its makeshift fishing rod. Nobody notices it as it slides perfectly into the targe's left-side trouser pocket. "Nobody ever does," […]

[Find the rest of the story at https://www.fallenlondon.com]

• Watchful is increasing…
•  Poisoner's Progress is increasing… (+(5 - Tolerance) CP, minimum 1)
•  You've gained 1 x Hearts' Game: Exploits
•  Elusiveness of your Target is increasing… (+3 CP) (applied with probability based on Hearts' Game: Turns this Round) ^{What does this mean?}
•  Poison Tolerance of Your Target is increasing… (+2 CP) (applied with probability based on Hearts' Game: Turns this Round) ^{What does this mean?}
•  You've gained 1 x Hearts' Game: Turns this Round (hidden)

Failure

Interrupted

[…] urchins crest a neighbouring roof […] "Gerrof our turf, longshanks!" […] a rock skitters across the tiles at your feet. The Page blanches; jerks his line. The toxin-loaded handkerchief wriggles free of its hook, floating leisurely down to the drains below.

[Find the rest of the story at https://www.fallenlondon.com]

• Watchful is increasing…
•  You've gained 1 x Hearts' Game: Exploits
•  Elusiveness of your Target is increasing… (+3 CP) (applied with probability based on Hearts' Game: Turns this Round) ^{What does this mean?}
•  Poison Tolerance of Your Target is increasing… (+2 CP) (applied with probability based on Hearts' Game: Turns this Round) ^{What does this mean?}
•  Hearts' Game: Counterplay is increasing… (+0-1 CP)
•  You've gained 1 x Hearts' Game: Turns this Round (hidden)